Korngold: Symphonic Serenade & Sextet

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Korngold’s Serenade is finally revealed as a genuine masterpiece of the string orchestra repertoire that deserves to sit alongside those more famous earlier examples of the genre by Tchaikovsky,... — Musical Opinion, July-September 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Mar 2018
Catalogue No: 555138-2
Label: CPO
Length: 61 minutes

Korngold: Symphonische Serenade in B-Flat Major, Op. 39

Work length30:05

$7.00

$9.05

NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
Hartmut Rohde

I. Allegro moderato

Track length9:03

$2.00

$2.60

II. Intermezzo

Track length4:20

$1.00

$1.30

III. Lento religioso

Track length10:24

$3.00

$3.85

IV. Finale

Track length6:18

$1.00

$1.30

Korngold: String Sextet in D Major, Op. 10 (Arr. H. Rohde for Orchestra)

Work length31:46

$7.00

$9.10

NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
Hartmut Rohde

I. Moderato - Allegro

Track length9:24

$2.00

$2.60

II. Adagio. Langsam

Track length8:47

$2.00

$2.60

III. Intermezzo. In gemäßigtem Zeitmaß, mit Grazie

Track length6:18

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Finale. Presto

Track length7:17

$2.00

$2.60

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Erich Wolfgang Korngold began composing his String Sextet during his vacation in Alt-Aussee in the summer of 1914 and whilst working on Violanta, his second opera. By the time he was seventeen years old, had already established himself internationally as a composer with an impressive work catalogue, and was regarded as the greatest child prodigy of his time. In the sextet, heard here in an arrangement for string orchestra by the conductor Hartmut Rohde, Korngold employs an opulent, richly colourful style in order to produce a highly romantic work consisting of four complex movements. Thirty years later Korngold was living in exile in Hollywood. Following a heart attack he was in hospital and began composing a work for string orchestra in his head while recuperating. The result was his Symphonic Serenade in B flat major op. 39, one of the best works he composed during the final years of his life.

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Musical Opinion July-September 2018

Korngold’s Serenade is finally revealed as a genuine masterpiece of the string orchestra repertoire that deserves to sit alongside those more famous earlier examples of the genre by Tchaikovsky, Dvorak and Elgar.

Korngold: Symphonic Serenade & Sextet

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